Oaxaca Museums, Oacaxa Art and Archaeology
Alcala, Pedestrian only street
Santo Domingo Church and Oaxaca Cultural
Museum
Santo Domingo Church and Oaxaca
Cultural Museum
Oaxaca's
Santo
Domingo
Church
and
Cultural
Museum
Interior of the Santo Domingo
Church
The most spectacular tomb art ever found in the Americas came from
the ruin site of Monte Alban, just outside Oaxaca City. The discovery
in 1932 by Mexican archaeologist Alfonso Caso numbers 500
pieces, 150 of them in gold, some done in the lost wax process. The
objects are displayed at the Santo Domingo Cultural Museum
in the colonial center of the city.
The indigenous people, of which there are many still speaking ancient languages, come to the city of
Oaxaca for festivals dressed in hand-spun cotton and wool.  They gather  in the city plaza to celebrate
the ancient rituals  that they have combined with Christian celebrations.
The Santo Domingo Cultural Center and Oaxaca Regional Museum celebrates the many cultures of
Oaxaca from its location on the Alcala, the pedestrian only street that runs north south through the
center of the colonial district.
Oaxaca Museums of Art and Archaeology hold
work by the Masters in Mexican Art Both Ancient
and Modern
Several of the spectacular ruin sites in the Oaxacan Valley
have small museums while the city has a grand display at the
Santo Domingo Cultural Center.  Another collection of
Pre-hispanic art is at the Rufino Tamayo Museum which
displays the private collection of artist Rufino Tamayo, a
treasure of ancient art from all over Mexico including Oaxaca.
Ceramic urn
from the classic
era of
Oaxaca's
Monte Alban at
the Tamayo
Museum of
Pre-hispanic
Art.
Oaxaca Museums of Archaeology:
Monte Alban Ruin, Mitla, San Jose el Mogote, Teotitlan del Valle, Santa Anna del Valle
Oaxaca Museums of Oacaxa Art and Archaeology are located at two of the ruin sites in
the Oaxacan Valley.
In the City of Oaxaca the Santo Domingo Cultural Center and the Rufino Tamayo
Museum display Pre-hispanic art.
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